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  • When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist.

    Gus   Gestures   Excited  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.101, Penguin UK
  • I love making things, like software, and films, and laughter. And working with Gus Silber, to make the Funny Business book, has been a fantastic journey.

    Laughter   Book   Journey  
    Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za
  • I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough for me to hear over the din, 'Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. This time, the skeleton.

    Kids   Skeletons   Ribs  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.233, Penguin
  • I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.

    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.168, Penguin UK
  • It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him mainstream clout) would be interested in making this film. The lure of an exact remake presents a tremendous challenge. Unfortunately, it was undoubtedly a lot more stimulating for Van Sant and his crew to make Psycho than it is for an audience to watch it. Curiosity is going to be one of the primary reasons why people pay money to see this movie; boredom will be the predominant result.

    "Psycho (United States, 1998)". A movie review, www.reelviews.net. 1998.
  • He took a bite, swallowed. "God. If asparagus tasted like that all the time, I'd be vegetarian, too." Some people in a lacquered wooden boat approached us on the canal below. One of them, a woman with curly blond hair, maybe thirty, drank from a beer then raised her glass towards us and shouted something. "We don't speak Dutch," Gus shouted back. One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful.

    Beautiful   Couple   Beer  
  • People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell

    Successful   People   Gus  
  • If you`re in a safe Republican district, say Congressman [ Gus] Bilirakis,you probably don`t have much to worry about which is why you can get away with talking about death panels.

    Talking   Worry   Gus  
    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should. I'd hoped that he'd be eulogizing me.

    Real   Stories   Gus  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.259, Penguin
  • Sometimes suffering is just suffering,” she told Gus. “It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't build character. It only hurts.

    Kate Jacobs (2008). “Comfort Food”, p.123, Penguin
  • You’re joining us for dinner, I hope?” asked his mom. She was small and brunette and vaguely mousy. “I guess?” I said. “I have to be home by ten. Also I don’t, um, eat meat?” “No problem. We’ll vegetarianize some,” she said. “Animals are just too cute?” Gus asked. “I want to minimize the number of deaths I am responsible for,” I said. Gus opened his mouth to respond but then stopped himself.

    Cute   Mom   Home  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.28, Penguin
  • I love you present tense,” I whispered, and then put my hand on the middle of his chest and said, “It’s okay, Gus. It’s okay. It is. It’s okay, you hear me?” I had—and have—absolutely no confidence that he could hear me. I leaned forward and kissed his cheek. “Okay,” I said. “Okay.

    Love You   Hands   Gus  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.270, Penguin
  • I was surprised. I'd always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. But Gus wasn't dumb.

    John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.752, Penguin
  • Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do I put this delicately...?" Me: "It does not taste like God Himself cooked heaven into a series of five dishes which were then served to you accompanied by several luminous balls of fermented, bubbly plasma while actual and literal flower petals floated down around your canal-side dinner table." Gus: "Nicely phrased." Gus's father: "Our children are weird." My dad: "Nicely phrased."

    Children   Dad   Father  
  • Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears. Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should.

    Stars   Real   Epic  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.168, Penguin UK
  • Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.

    Song   Keys   Needs  
    Song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
  • How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.' 'Awesome, yeah,' Gus said. 'Not to one-up you or anything, but my body is made out of cancer.' 'So I heard,' Issac said, trying not to let it get to him. He fumbled toward Gus's hand and found only his thigh. 'I'm taken,' Gus said.

    Real   Cancer   Taken  
  • Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).

    Beautiful   Dad   Gus  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.126, Penguin
  • I want to thank Gus Van Sant for selling out so that I could use his editor Curtis Clayton, who did a great job.

    Jobs   Editors   Use  
  • Nothing (at least that can be done by humans) immortalizes anyone. The Fault in Our Stars will hopefully have a long and wonderful life, but it will eventually go out of print, and eventually the last person ever to read it will die, and then the characters will no longer live in any consciousness.Also, that is okay. That is good, actually. That is how it should be. One of the things the characters in this novel have to grapple with is the reality of temporaryness. What Gus in particular must reconcile himself to is that being temporary does not mean being unimportant or meaningless.

    Stars   Real   Character  
  • It will all end very badly, Gus

    Gus   Ends  
    John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.547, LSU Press
  • Anyway, that was the last good day I had with Gus until the Last Good Day.

    Good Day   Gus   Lasts  
  • Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that there would be countless imitators including oltaire, Michelangelo, and, much later, Cher.

    Plato   Names   Suits  
    Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.37, Hachette UK
  • I refer the largest number of my clients to Payce Payroll because the specialize in the restaurant and contractors industries. I am pleased with the service they provide, competitive fees and responsiveness to clients. What most impressed me was that one of the founders, Gus, came to personally meet with me and a client to establish their payroll software. They truly care about their clients.

    Numbers   Gus   Care  
  • So how’s it going?” “Okay. Glad to be home, I guess. Gus told me you were in the ICU?” “Yeah,” I said. “Sucks,” he said. “I’m a lot better now,” I said. “I’m going to Amsterdam tomorrow with Gus.” “I know. I’m pretty well up-to-date on your life, because Gus never. Talks. About. Anything. Else.

    Home   Gus   Amsterdam  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.78, Penguin
  • If there's one thing Gus Uhlenbeek's got, it's pace and determination.

  • I've had the opportunity to work with so many great directors. Different styles, as well, like Gus Van Sant. He just does the casting and the milieu and let's you do your thing, quietly. Bertolucci, who can talk to you about your internal world in quite a creative way or just say, 'Well, put your hand over here.'

    "Q&A: Keanu Reeves on Making His First Movie, Man of Tai Chi". Interview with Calum Marsh, www.esquire.com. September 12, 2013.
  • You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home?" "No, sir," Gus said. "We pour Scotch into a glass and then call to mind thoughts of water, and then we mix the actual Scotch with the abstracted idea of water.

    Home   Scotch   Glasses  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.106, Penguin
  • I nodded. I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially fraught free throws. I liked that he was a tenured professor in the Department of Slightly Crooked Smiles with a dual appointment in the Department of Having a Voice That Made My Skin Feel More Like Skin. And I liked that he had two names. I’ve always liked people with two names, because you get to make up your mind what you call them: Gus or Augustus? Me, I was always just Hazel, univalent Hazel.

    Names   Two   Voice  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin
  • Above us, the wind blew and the branching shadows rearranged themselves on our skin. Gus squeezed my hand. "It is a good life, Hazel Grace.

    Good Life   Hands   Wind  
    John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.153, Penguin UK
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